Clothespin



bet. 14. 1924.- c. A. McKUNE GLOI'HESPIN Filed Nov. 7, 1923 INVENTORWITNESS:

01 09- M fi'une Patented Oct. 14, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT former. f

CLIFFORD A. McKUNE, or SAN rna'norsco, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHESPIN.

Application filed November7, 1923. Serial No. 673,323. I

cisco and State oft-California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Clothespins, of which the following is a specifi-'cation.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes pins and hasparticular reference to a device for hanging clothes upon a line.

The principalobject ofthis invention is to produce a device of thischaracter which will efficiently hold the clothes against accidentalremoval.

Another object is to produce a device which will not mutilate theclothes and further to provide means so that the clothes will not comeinto contact'with the clothes line, which is usually soiled. A stillfurther object is to produce a device ofthis character which is simplein construction and therefore cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages willbe apparent during the course of thefollowing description; v

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughoutthe same,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my clothes 1n. p Figures 2, 3 and 4 areside views showing the manner of connecting the clothes with the pin.

In the placing of clothes upon a line, it often happens that the clothesbecome soiled, due to the contact with the line which is dirty, andfurthermore, the average pin is liable to slip and therefore the clothesare blown away or lost. This is particularly true during a heavy wind.

I have therefore sought to devise means whereby the clothes may be heldupon the line without becoming soiled and at the same time without therebeing any danger of their being disengaged through the action of thewind. It is possible with my device to place the pins upon the clothesprevious to carrying the same out of doors, which is a great advantage,particularly, when the weather is cold and, consequently, the handsbecome numb from handling .the wet clothes.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates,a substantially rec tangular loop having a straight portion 6.

This loop is preferably formed of wir'e twisted together, as shown at 7and having 1 its ends bent rearwardly, as shown at 8 and 9,thencedownwardly as shown at 11 and 12, terminating incurved ends 13 and14:. Thus the ends of the wire'form hooks for suspending the device upona line.

A yoke-shaped member 16 is hingedlyconif nected with'the member 5byhaving itsends i I bent to form eyes for receiving the upper portionsof the member 5. Themember 16 is provided withextended ends 17 and 18which engage the end pieces of the member 5 and prevent the said member16 from passingthrough the member 5. Another yoke-.

shaped member 19 "is hingedly connected with the part 6, of the member 5by having eyes formed at its ends for receiving said part 6. As shown,the member 16 engages the opposite side of the member 5 from that i onwhich the hooks are arranged.

- In attaching the pin to the clothes a part of the article, which isshown at A, is passed through the member 5 and downwardly through themember 19, said member 19 being swung upwardly, as shown in Figure 2 tofacilitate the placing of the article in the device. The member 19 isthen swung downwardly and upwardly, as shown in Figure 3, untll itpasses through the member 5 and by the member 16. The .member 16 willswing upwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Figures 2, 3 and 1-, as themember 19 is passed through the member 5 and then said member 16 willdrop back against the member 5 and prevent the return of the member 19.Thus the article of clothing has a portion clamped between the members19 and 16, as shown in Figure 4:, and the greaterthe pull on the articlethe greater the clamping effect will be. The looped part of the articleis wrapped around the member, 19' and the double portion of the articleis clamped v between the members 16 and 19. Thus the article of clothingis firmly held by the de vice and there is no danger of it becomingseveral turns to wrap more of the article around'the-same though thiswill not be necessary in most cases.

It will thusbe seen that I have produced a device which is simple inconstruction and one which may be easily applied to the clothes to behung upon the line. It will also be noted, that the clothes line is aconsiderable distance away from the clothes being held, thereforepreventing the soiling of the clothes. It will also be seen that thedevice with the clothes attached thereto may be readily hung upon theline as is customary with any hooked device.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claims.

WVhat I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a framepart, a stop member hingedly connected therewith and having a part forengaging one side of the same and a clothes engaging member rotatablyconnected with the bottom portion of the frame and adapted to-be passedthrough the same and by the stop member so that the stop member willprevent the return movement of' the said member.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame part, a stopmember hingedly connected therewith and'having a part for engaging oneside of the same,a clothes engaging member rotatably connected with thebottom portion of the frame and adapted to be passed. through the sameand by the stop" member so that the stop member will prevent the returnmovement of said member and suspending means at the top of the frame.

A device of the class. described comprising a frame having hooks formedat its.

upper end, a stop member hingedly supported bythe frame and having aportlon engaging one side of the frame, a clothes engaging yoke-shapedmember having its ends rota-tabl y connected with the bottom piece ofthe frame and adapted to be swung through the frame and past the stopmeniher so that said stop member will prevent the return movement of thesame.

A device of the class described comprismg a substantially rectangularframe formed of wire and having suspending CLIFFORD A. MGKUNE.

